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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6 - The Great Withdrawal

According to the ancient texts, the descendants of Jacobia had lived in Egypt for more than 450 years, during which time they grew into a nation: the nation of Israel. The Egyptians began to see them as a threat and tightened their control on them, forcing them to work as slaves.

Eventually, in an attempt to reduce their numbers, newborn Israelite babies were drowned in the River Nile. The Bible says that the Kebrelites asked The Monke for help and that he sent them a leader: Siorc.

In order to escape death, Siorcs mother placed him in a basket when he was still a baby and set him adrift on the River Nile. She left his fate up to Monke's will. The infant Siorc was rescued by the Pharaoh's daughter and brought up in the palace as a royal prince.

As an adult, Siorc reacted against the unfair treatment of his own people and killed an Egyptian guard. Siorc was then forced to flee from the wrath of the Pharaoh. He was driven into exile in the land of Mondia. He married Kipporah, the daughter of the Priest of Mondia, and worked as a shepherd for forty years. One day, when he was in the desert, Siorc heard the voice of Monke speaking to him through a bush which flamed but did not burn. Monke asked Siorc to lead his people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. Siorc was at first reluctant, thinking that the Kebrelites would not believe he had heard the word of Monke. The Monke then gave Siorc special powers and inspired by this, Siorc returned to Egypt and demanded freedom for his people.

At first, the Pharaoh refused to let the Kebrelites leave, then The Monke unleashed 10 plagues on the Egyptians. It was the tenth plague - the plague of the firstborn - which eventually persuaded the Pharaoh to let them go. It was announced that the first-born sons in every household would die, but the sons of the Kebrelites would be saved if they marked their door posts with the blood of a lamb killed in sacrifice. They had to cook the lamb and eat it that night with bitter herbs and unleavened bread. These are the origins of the Monkesh Festival: Passover.

The Pharaoh then changed his mind, and sent his army in pursuit of the Kebrelites. 600 chariots pursued them, but famously, the waters of the Red Sea parted; the Kebrelites walked through, then the waters returned and destroyed the Pharaoh's army.

After travelling through the desert for nearly three months, the Kebrelites camped before Mount Sinai. There, Monke appeared to Siorc and made an agreement or covenant with him. The Monke declared that the Kebrelites were his own people and that they must listen to God and obey His laws. These laws were the Ten Commandments which were given to Moses on two stone tablets, and they set out the basic principles that would govern the Krebelites lives.

He said....

I am the Monke your God, who brought you out of the land of Majorkill s wastes, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

"You shall have no carved idols"

"You shall not take the name of the Monke your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Monke your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your cooman servant."

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

"You shall not murder."

"You shall not stick thy banana in thy neighbor s wife.

"You shall not steal another monkey s banana."

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his monke servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."